From Andrew Sullivan's blog (originally from The Daily What): If someone ever asks you to describe the Internet to them in four words look them straight in the eye and say “cats morphing into croissants. The Internet is cats morphing into croissants.”Then walk away.
ABC-CLIO Database (email me if you forget the username and password that I tell you in class)
US History Links
Civil Liberties:
Islamic Center article from TIME
Should the ACLU defend free speech of white supremacists?
Free Speech and Picketing Funerals
Civil War:
Disunion- New York Times Blog about Civil War
Progressive Era
Should the government regulate junk food?
The Sugary Brands Doing the Most Kid-Chasing
Sweet Spot: How Sugary-Cereal Makers Target Kids
Should the government regulate ANY food? Or does it take away our FREEDOM?
Food Safety: 9 Major Snafus Of The Decade (PHOTOS)
Daily Show: The Food, the Bad and the Ugly
How We Got From Estate Tax To "Death Tax"
World History I Links
Religion:
Religious Knowledge Quiz
ReligionFacts.com
Islamic Expansion:
How Big is Africa?
Africa's Kingdoms and Empires
The Story of Africa: Islam
Trans-Saharan Gold Trade
Gold Salt Trade Map
Media Awareness Links
Gaming
Everything Bad is Good for You Wikipedia Entry
New Communities:
Video Clips:
Gamer gathering in 2008 (Digital Nation Segment: “Relationships”- begin at 45:38, end at 52:10)
The Rise of Social Networking
Autumn Edows (Growing Up Online Segment: “Self Expression: Trying On New Identities”)
Anorexic girl (Sara) (Growing Up Online Segment: “Private Worlds Outside Parents’ Reach?”)
Virtual Worlds (Second Life & IBM)
Feed Me Bubbe
South Park Facebook clip
Articles:
Facebook: 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You
Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?
Lonliness in Numbers
Internet and the Brain:
Video Clips:
From Andrew Sullivan's blog (originally from The Daily What): If someone ever asks you to describe the Internet to them in four words look them straight in the eye and say “cats morphing into croissants. The Internet is cats morphing into croissants.” Then walk away.
Nicholas Carr on The Colbert Report!
Magazines: The Power of Print
Articles:
Technology In Your Life Quiz
Digital Native Map
Wired U
Gender:
Males:
Tough Guise
Interesting read (we didn't look at it in class): The End of Men
Common Stereotypes of Men in Media
The dramatic decline of the modern man
Kanye West alters rap world's perception of masculinity
The "menaissance" hits the runway
Salon's Men on Top 2010
Females:
Killing Us Softly 4 (we watched Killing Us Softy 3, but #4 just come out!)
The Irony of My Feminist Photo Shoot
About-Face: body image, media, eating disorders, and more
Girls, Women + Media Project
Demi Lovato: Another Disney princess falls
Do Disney Princesses Make Young Girls Obsessed With Thinness?
The Shame of Family Films
General:
Mickey Mouse Monopoly (gender segment)
Music:
OK Go's Kulash Rewrites Rock-Star Rules Making music without the major labels
Effects of Violent Music Lyrics
Media Consolidation:
The Big Six Media Conglomerates
AT&T: A Graphical History
A Few Links from Eric's Honors Project on KISS & why they should be in the hall of fame (email me if you'd like some more!):
KISS Concert in Buenos Aires
KISS Concert in Boston
Genocide Links:
Darfur:
Google Earth map of Darfur